Mary Ann DAVIS

#3508, b. 1841

Last Edited=1 Aug 2013

Her married name was HALSTEAD. Mary AnnDAVIS was born in 1841 at London, England. Mary married ThomasHALSTEAD, son of WilliamHALSTEAD and Caroline(?), on 14 October 1893 at St John, Deptford, Kent, England. She was aged 53, a widow residing at 65 Albyn Road. Her father was listed as James ANDREWS (deceased), a Labourer. after Banns. The marriage was witnessed by Eliza M BURGESS and William BURGESS.1,2In the census of 31 March 1901 at 33 Cranbrook Road, Deptford, Kent, England, she was listed as aged 60 born London, the wife of ThomasHALSTEAD (a Gas Fitter, living with his wife Mary A.)3In the census of 2 April 1911 at 33 Cranbrook Road, Deptford, Kent, she was listed as aged 70 born Marylebone Road, London, the wife of ThomasHALSTEAD (a Gas & Hotwater Fitter, living with his wife Mary Ann (married 20 uears - no children.)4)

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[S5] Original marriage certificate held - Copy available - See certificates page.

Fanny PARRY

Her married name was HALSTED.1 Her married name was TALBOT. FannyPARRY was born in 1868 at Haydock, Lancashire, England.2Fanny married ArthurHALSTED, son of HenryHALSTED and MargaretCHADWICK, on 27 February 1900 at St John the Evangelist, Worsthorne, Lancashire, England. She was a Weaver aged 32, a spinster residing at 33 Byerden Terrace, Burnley Lane. Her father was listed as William PARRY (deceased), a Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns. The marriage was witnessed by Levi HALSTED and Lilly BATES.3,1In the census of 31 March 1901 at 32 Ormerod Street, Worsthorne with Hurstwood, Lancashire, England, she was listed as aged 33 born Haydock, the wife of ArthurHALSTED (a Cotton Weaver, living with his wife Fanny, daughter Margaret.)4 Fanny PARRY witnessed the death of ArthurHALSTED on 26 December 1902 at Worsthorne, Lancashire, England.5,6Fanny married RichardTALBOT on 10 December 1907 at St Paul, Burnley, Lancashire, England. She was a Weaver aged 40, a widow residing at 8 Healy Wood Road. Her father was listed as William PARRY (deceased), a Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Licence. The marriage was witnessed by Emmanuel WILKINSON and Minnie HUDSON.7,3In the census of 2 April 1911 at 8 Healey Wood Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England, she was listed as aged 42 born Haydock, the wife of RichardTALBOT (a Cotton Cloth Looker, living with his wife Fanny, daughters Theresa, Harriet, Katie, Lara and Nellie, stepdaughter Margaret HALSTEAD, relative Elizabeth PARRY (wifes mother) (married 3 years - no children.)8)

Research Note: SECOND BROTHER SLAINOfficer says he was one of the bestMrs Halstead, who resides at 13 Parkinson Street, Burnley, has received from Lieut. Burnett, of the East Lancashire Regt., the following letter:- "I am very sorry to have to inform you that your husband was killed instantaneously by a shell two days ago (October 4). He is a very great loss to the company, and I am very much grieved at his death. He was extremely popular, and always bright and cheery, one of the very best. In the attack on Pozieres on July 15 he saved a machine gun, and it is commonly said in the company that he would have been recommended for a decoration if the company commander had not been hit. I have visited his grave, which is in a pretty spot behind the line in the brigade cemetery. A neat cross will be plased over it.Subsequently Mrs Halstead received a letter from Pte J Varley, who explained how Pte (17176) Harold Halstead met his death on the morning of the 4th inst' It seems the soldier was in a dug-out with his corporal, when trench mortar dropped a shell upon it, knocking it in and burying both men. They were dug out as quickly as possible, but Pte. Halste&d was deed, apparently hating been killed instantlv. He had been buried in a soldier's grate behind the firing line. Pte, Varley extends his sympathy to Mrs. Halstead, and adds that her husband was his pal, a "pal" as true as anyone could have. It was hard to realise that he was no longer with him. They had been together for two years. Pte. Harold Halstead was in the machine gun section, and was the 24-year-old son Mrs. Halstead, of 128, Athol-street, Burnley. He is the second son to fall, the other being Bugler Edgar Halstead (26), who was killed at Loos on Sept. 25, 1915 whilst serving with the Highland Light Infantry. widower, and left one child. Harold has also left a child. Pte. Harold Halstead enlisted Nov. 2, 1914. and had been out at the front 15 months. He had been hit three times in as many months, the first being a slight wound in the neck, the second a slight wound in the thigh, and the last proved fatal. He was a weaver at Thornber's Dareshouse Mill, and attended Westgate Congregational Church. He has two brothers-in-law and a nephew serving, and one of the former, LaoLance Corpl. Frank Jackson, who had been with Pte. Halstead all, along, was wounded in the foot and is now in an Aberdeen hospital.6

William Henry BIGGS

William HenryBIGGS was born in 1858 at Teignmouth, Devon, England. He was the son of William JBIGGS. William married MariaHALSTEAD, daughter of Edward GeorgeHALSTEAD and MariaHOWE, in 1880 in the Brentford registration district.1In the census of 5 April 1891 at 141 Hackney Road, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, William was listed as aged 33 born Teignmouth, Devon, the Head of Household; a Tailor, living with his wife Maria, son William A G, daughter Edith F, father William J BIGGS, brother-in-law Arthur E HALSTED, sister-in-law Edith E HALSTED, servant Alice HALSTED.2In the census of 31 March 1901 at 141 Hackney Road, Hackney, Middlesex, England, William was listed as aged 43 born Teignmouth, Devon, the Head of Household; a Master Tailor Shop Keeper, living with his wife Maria, son William A G, daughter Edith F.3William's death was registered in 1902 in the Shoreditch registration district.4